Klumpen0815: Let's just hope, that the copyright laws regarding source code and running time of licences for software are updated at some point. The first generation of devs is already dying, so it's time to properly handle their legacy in an orderly and fair fashion which we won't get from license trolls (close relatives of the patent trolls) which may already be valued employees in video game companies if you look at the hassle GoG has with some licences.
Well, after all, let's be honest too. I'm personally not gonna go over my head to legally find games if they are not available. I mentioned Volfield earlier as it was a game that i used to love when i was young, but i couldn't find it on legal sites. So i got it from one of abandonware ones. I'm personally not thinking about breaking the law, and i'm pretty sure that police won't come at my door to arrest me for playing Volfield.
I don't think that licence laws should be too much different, but i believe that abandonware software should be gathered up somewhere like on Internet Archive. I definitely don't think that software should become "free for all" unless the licence owners specifically want that. I don't think that an abandonware software should provide income for something else than the licence owner or parties that had an agreement with that licence owner, whoever that might be (son, grandchild of the developer, etc).
We surely don't know a lot of great games that got lost forever from various reasons. This "abandonware" thing it's "positive piracy" too, as we can avoid loosing so much in the future.
